Berberis vulgaris L (B. vulgaris) and its main constituent berberine have been used in traditional medicine for a long time. This medicinal plant and berberine have many properties that have attracted the attention of researchers over the time. According to several studies, B. vulgaris and berberine exhibited anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticonvulsant, antidepressant, anti-Alzheimer, anti-c...

Abstract This paper is based on a project of developing small and medium-sized enterprises in South Khorasan, Iran. A combination multiple criteria decision making robust multi-objective optimization used for prioritizing industrial clusters optimally assigning governmental funds. First, evaluating are weighted using the best-worst method prioritized VIKOR method. Second, funding assigned to hi...

hydroalcoholic extract of pycnocycla spinosa was shown to have spasmolytic action in vitro and antidiarrhoeal effect in vivo . the hydroalcoholic extract of p. spinosa is composed of alkaloid, flavonoid and saponin components. alkaloid fraction of p. spinosa contains the most active constituents. therefore, the aim of this research was to separate different fractions of alkaloid extract of p. s...

P. D. Peterson, Clemson University, Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Florence, SC 29506; K. J. Leonard, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108; J. D. Miller, USDA-ARS Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Fargo, ND 58105 (retired); R. J. Laudon, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, St. Paul 55107 (retired); and T. B. Sutton, Department of Plant Pathology, North...